My Vote

President/VP: Obama/Biden

US Representative, District 27: Alan Lowenthal
State Assembly, 54th District: Bonnie Lowenthal


Judges:
Hilleri Grossman Merritt, Office 72
Thomas Rubinson, Office 82
Lori-Ann Jones, Office 84
Michael J. O'Gara, Office 94
Rocky Crabb, Office 154

Prop 1A (Bonds for High Speed Rail): Yes

Prop 2 (Treatment of Farm Animals): Yes

Prop 3 (Bonds for Children's Hospitals): Yes

Prop 4 (Parental Notification about Abortion): No

Prop 5 (Rehabilitation of Nonviolent Criminal Offenders): Yes

Prop 6 (Public Safety Spending and Criminal Penalties): No

Prop 7 (Renewable Energy): No

Prop 8 (Ban on Gay Marriage): No

Prop 9 (Victim's Rights): No

Prop 10 (Bonds for Alternative Energy): No
http://www.noonproposition10.org/

Prop 11 (Redistricting): No

Prop 12 (Bonds for Veterans' Home Loans): No
(I am suspecting this is a way to give folks an incentive to join the military forces to go to war.)

Measure G (Utility Users Tax Modernization): Yes
(Ordinance - Majority Approval Required)
Without raising current tax rates, shall an ordinance be adopted to help preserve funding for critical City services, including police and fire protection, paramedic and emergency response, street maintenance, parks, youth services, and libraries, by updating the telephone users tax to include new and evolving technologies so that all taxpayers are treated equally regardless of technology used?

Measure I (Infrastructure in Long Beach): Yes
Special Tax - Two-Thirds Majority Approval Required)
To repay bonds which the City intends to issue to repair/replace city streets, sidewalks, alleys, storm drains, fire stations, police stations, libraries and recreational facilities and to acquire, restore and preserve wetlands, shall an Ordinance be adopted which establishes an annual parcel tax of $120 per residential unit (0.4 to 8.8 cents per square foot for other uses) adjusted annually for inflation?

Measure K ($1.2 billion construction bond for LBUSD Schools): Yes
To make essential health/safety repairs, retain teachers, qualify for matching grants, shall Long Beach Unified School District retrofit schools for earthquake safety/handicap accessibility, repair restrooms/plumbing/roofs/fire safety, remove lead paint/asbestos, upgrade vocational classrooms/technology/energy efficiency, expand after-school programs, reduce overcrowding, by acquiring, repairing, constructing, equipping sites, facilities, joint-use buildings, and issuing $1,200,000,000 in bonds at legal rates with independent audits, citizen's oversight, and no money for administrators' salaries?

Measure R (Traffic Congestion Relief Plan): Yes
This will make the L. A. County sales tax 8.75 %, up half a percent. I still think it makes sense.